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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.bugs
- Subject: Re: Minor inst complaint
- Message-ID: <v6etgrs@zola.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 08:31:29 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.164324.15214@alias.com>
- Sender: news@zola.esd.sgi.com (Net News)
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- In <1993Jan21.164324.15214@alias.com> chk@alias.com (C. Harald Koch) writes:
-
- | The other day, I needed to install the cdsio software from the 4.0.5
- | distribution. Since I've installed this option many times before, I know
- | that it contains a single file, /usr/sysgen/boot/cdsio.o.
- |
- | Inst claims that the file must be installed from the mini-root, and
- | absolutely refuses to install it while running multi-user. Now, I know that
- | there's only one file in there, and I know how to type '/etc/autoconfig -f'
- | and 'telinit q' to build a new kernel and install it.
- |
- | Instead, I had to take the machine down, load the mini-root (across the net,
- | ugh), install, and reboot. This took much longer than it should have.
- |
- | For my future reference, Is there an "Expert Administrator" option for inst?
- | (I know this is all fixed in The Next Release, so I'm not going to bother
- | asking for a fix...)
-
- No. There was much internal debate about 'miniroot required' subsystems.
- The 'experts' lost on this one. Any subsystem that requires kernel
- reconfiguration, and even a number that just have /etc/init.d scripts
- require miniroot installs, for the time being. A future release is
- likely to relax these requirements, except across major O/S releases.
- --
- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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